A Boxer "Short"

Who wants to pay $18 for a pair of boxers, or $22 or more, just because the waistline reads Joe Boxer or something else? That’s over 2 hours pay for many people!

I wear boxers to bed instead of pajamas, which are too constricting for me. During the day, I wear men's briefs.They are easier to wash, cheaper to buy, and last as long or longer than boxers. I can usually get a package of 3 for around $6. Most of the time these are Fruit of the Looms, usually manufactured in Central America by workers making pennies an hour.

Fruit of the Loom made an excellent low price boxer which used to be easy to find but is now becoming more and more difficult to find, due to people who like me, refuse to pay $18 or more for a single pair of boxer shorts.

Would it be more politically correct to buy Joe Boxer boxers…wearing a proud Maple Leaf but assembled in Thailand for the same pennies per hour wage? It is the branding that sticks over the waistline of the jeans worn slung low by those who care “whas up?” and the advertising that makes them a hot item, a must-have.

Also, if you are taking off your pants in front of Penelope Cruz, you want to have something cool on down there, because you can be sure she will!

Today I headed down to Army & Navy but there were no bargains on boxers.

You never know where a bargain might be found. I found 2 Mantles 100% cotton boxers on my walk back from Chinatown at The Bay. They were made in China and on SALE…2 pair for $4.99! You have to look carefully for these things, as they were the only Medium size left in a huge rack of X-Larges!

The sales clerk, a young woman in her 30’s gave them a cursory glance and quipped, “Looks like you got a freebee here.”

If it was Penelope saying this, I might have felt deflated!